Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-06-02
TIE Washington Prize winners,

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90 : noticeable that while several Of the prtzns
M thc Washington duIl euc3mp.acut were won
Utmost OF quite without competition. those which
bought cut = vigorous rivalry did not wholly 20
1.-THE familiar vict0r> at such tournaments The
.Irst Virginia. which taas q" rg-i1entaI colors,
Hli no c0npetitor 40 all For tho valuable bat
t.tIJn prizes Of 5000 lad SI.lOO mere Wrr. only
fhTre competitors. For tu. machine u there
were two pr.ZsS and TWO vululetitOr~ For The.
night artillery fHrT. were. also TWO ITyr ami two
competitors IH- Igs.IEr IrIi WAS frrf uuVIe in
securing thTe" competitors fer its two prizes. bit
Tor Ia" cavalry priz'- there were ~ a~pirdHrS at
all This list dI~FU-~ % sN out oI the nine COM
I+ltipuN eNc4n-iFc II jh' rli- hring.
The three drills contested 10 q greater ratio 0f
competitors To rewards were the company cadet
corps, anu niiNiiG'i intabirS- Al pf these had
q Sretutab.e number az elJrie-- six 0TgauiZt-
ti'nS contested iAH two pFILs- fCr the cadet corps
making The y...ori-~ % Thr Michigan ana MARY
land Lads IN" more pgai-s worthy. The prizes TOR
individual uriii s!raN cut a good iald ~ experts
but The great even. % tn1 i.aaiuZ Was IN" IHi al
Try company contest WlD-- tive PrizyS aggr-glt-
liz SlO.'uU- ls'r- disputed by tLrty COnuHf ur>
IL l. clear teTsipT- t4sJ this feature StIll holds
It's pLts' ~ BE sHisi one IL these meetings.
Al I'VE ~ t.' prizes vent so companies when
lad ho national rrpH alton four or tlse years ago.
~ Oil 'tlchrlff~ W"rr 0HcH companies IS tile
tHis i-t| THIRDS. IL Memphis. organized in 1871.
Auich carried 81 Tine iir-; Lgapr- N NV Orleans
III 1851 and "a Iud.. annapolis iu is.t. the crescent
iIii,s. Nv orleans Win. won ut Iulsy lie in
Ldi> L. Ter y'ar tAr ITsdWay Rlii-N. III 81 Louis;
tlit Moiil" Els. -, when defeated Jha IrdH as rs
1873 al liz, ana The ear atjerWaTi at Du-
y ~
BTInch Guards. oi -. L1ui~ The Porter diieS. and
n Ok During The last Cpe0 yeats Jie ClIet ltures
have gone 10 The Houston truards ard Mont
EcshtTS STdiS. which took INST anu o+cthd
Pri7s~ respectively. at bOJn the Mobile and PhiiA
d-tpblt drills Of 1917.
II III this last year that the LOI4aX Rifles,
the present. wiBneT9 OF the urst prize of 5000 81
TIT .LShluCtOu Drill attracted attention DJ car
- ing on at Mobile the highest PRIZE Tor companies
that had never Won iii al interstate competition,
ana Gy aftcTW.lrd winning the third place at Phil
s-drlphlI- The 81 Paul company. which now
comes ia second. gave me exhibition drill ia
New York Two years ago. The Two Texas con-
p1nieS. the Brikhdp ami san Antonio Rifles. have
t--'n OyeTSiDlDVgd until Of late 10y the Houston
champions, which lid B"t attend this drlil. The
NLLbonAl kiiicS. Of Washington. winners OF the
IOSlftn Prize are also new u national fame.
The conclusion seems 20 be- that there Il need
ia these contests NJ hstnd.cappIug the winners OF
the INST prizes OF previous Interstate drills, 10
Idpdly 30 the relative SuprrGritteS change Vie
tnrs alter i few SEASONS seem 10 become tired OF
tle labor nrt'ied for fresh riulnphs or lower their
ambition gives ncW organizations their turn IT
celebrity. This may s"riu an Indication that the
benefits of these competitions to The militia Sys-
TEN are not lasting. Bat 80 long is general
stimulus 10 excellence il given, IL matters little
ehc furnishes IT. Ia fact as with other athletic
tNrr' t~s-, NJ cXclteS greater interest not TO have
tlis' saline cub Win year after year.
LUSS companies that stayed away from the
snow h|caUS-. Two COlDTed organizations were 10
uTIu, must how Ii particularly Interested III the
fart that oi The thirty competitors the col0Ted
companies came out respectively No. - and
NJ. -.